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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    JobBOSS²

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AJobBOSS² is the evolution of E2 Shop with the addition of features of the JobBOSS manufacturing software, since the acquisition of E2 Shop's developer Shoptech Industrial Software by ECI Software Solutions in 2020.N/A

    Serenic Navigator

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ASerenic Navigator is presented by Serenic Software in Lakewood as a comprehensive cloud ERP solution designed especially for educational or non-profit organizations, including community and social services charities, educational and research foundations, faith-based organizations, trade associations, museums, zoos, arts and human services organizations.N/A
    Pricing
    JobBOSS²Serenic Navigator
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    JobBOSS²Serenic Navigator
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    JobBOSS²Serenic Navigator
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    Serenic Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    74%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    31 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    30 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    74%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    19 Answers
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    Features
    JobBOSS²Serenic Navigator
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    4.4
    16 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    Pay calculation6.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration6.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    7.6
    20 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    API for custom integration6.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Plug-ins8.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    7.6
    35 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Single sign-on capability7.527 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions7.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    7.0
    36 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    Dashboards6.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports6.936 Ratings00 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    7.1
    32 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Accounts payable7.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Accounts receivable6.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global Financial Support6.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers5.720 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations6.525 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting7.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standardized Processes7.627 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    6.3
    38 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Inventory tracking5.638 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic reordering5.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location management5.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    5.0
    38 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    Pricing7.037 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order entry7.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Credit card processing5.516 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold6.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order Orchestration6.226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    3.2
    28 Ratings
    80% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Billing Management7.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management6.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management6.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting6.517 Ratings00 Ratings
    Period Close6.321 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    9.4
    3 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    Budgeting and Forecasting9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Costing9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost Capture9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Capital Project Management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    6.0
    26 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
    Ratings
    Project Planning and Scheduling5.525 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers7.519 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality7.718 Ratings00 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools8.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    4.6
    10 Ratings
    47% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    Award Lifecycle Management8.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    3.6
    27 Ratings
    63% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Bids Analyzed and Compared6.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Authoring8.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contract Repository8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated7.115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supplier Management5.825 Ratings00 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    4.4
    17 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
    -
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    Risk Repository7.615 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Management7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments6.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue Detection6.813 Ratings00 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification7.615 Ratings00 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    5.3
    13 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Transportation Planning and Optimization8.88 Ratings00 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management8.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    6.5
    28 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Production Process Design6.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    Production Management6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Configuration Management5.919 Ratings00 Ratings
    Work Execution6.622 Ratings00 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs6.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    6.8
    26 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Forecasting6.620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Inventory Planning6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring6.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of JobBOSS² and Serenic Navigator
    Feature
    JobBOSS²
    7.6
    12 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Serenic Navigator
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    Proposal Management8.011 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    JobBOSS²Serenic Navigator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    JobBOSS²Serenic Navigator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    I would recommend JobBoss to any colleague in small—to medium-sized manufacturing firms. Although I am not convinced that it will be able to handle advanced data from larger firms, it should be able to handle everything small—to medium-sized businesses require. JobBoss is great.
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    Serenic Software
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Estimating is great once you learn how to use it, and it makes repeat estimates easier than ever.
    • Time tracking is amazing for us. It has taken some time to figure out exactly how we want to use the tracking parts, but it's only because it has multiple ways to do the same thing and finding out what works best for us took some time.
    • Billing and Purchasing are a breeze. The full package is worth the money to fully integrate the entire business into JobBOSS² since it can handle it all.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • quoting - limited functionality currently
    • costing of jobs and parts - there is very limited information on how their calculations work and limited customization of costing. Most of the job costing or margin reports are inaccurate. Costing is a black box with Jobboss2 that doesn't allow you to better understand how they are calculating nor the ability to tweak the variables of those calculations to align their reports and models with the way your organization costs and prices jobs.
    • Raw material inventory and resource tracking for jobs - we don't even use the raw material function because it's inflexible. When you quote raw material, oftentimes you ask for one size diameter of raw material...but the vendor may not have it and often the next best size instead. When/if this happens, you'd have to delete or re-add the raw material to jobboss2 and re-assign that size to every part that's used. You'd, in theory, have to have every possible size of raw material and every spec of raw material that you use in Jobboss2, and you'd still have to re-assign it all of the time to different parts when you couldn't find the ideal size of material. This is a huge gap.
    • Automatically logs you out while using the platform, even with only one tab open. We'll be actively using jobboss2, and even within a minute of login, you click on a module of jobboss2, and it will ask you to log in again. Very frustrating.
    • Inability to open multiple tabs in Jobboss2. We need to crossreference information all of the time, comparing inventory, last jobs routings & dates, and costs which we try to pull up multiple tabs in jobboss2, but it does not effectively allow you to do this. It's slightly possible, but oftentimes will log you out of your session as soon as you open a new tab.
    • Blanket orders and consignment - Jobboss2 is ineffective at allowing efficient tracking of blanket orders or parts on consignment. There's no functionality for consignment tracking of parts as you try to track replenishment buckets.
    • Customizable reports with more field and table selections - reports can be customized but only with the fields that Jobboss2 provides for that specific report. We need to link other tables from the database to be able to see the information that we need, and jobboss2 does not easily allow you to link a new table into reports to add additional fields that you want or need to see. For example, in Salesforce...you can pick specific tables that you want to link together and pull any field that you need. Jobboss2 only allows you to see the specific tables that they pre-built for reports. If you need another field that's missing on the report, you'd have to know SQL in order to add it vs. a user-friendly report builder that anyone non-technical would be able to use, which is standard in most other software platforms for ERP or CRM.
    • material/inventory forecasting to plan when you need the next job - this is incredibly limited. We typically look out for 2-12 months to plan when we'll need the next lot for a particular part. Jobboss2 material forecast will only let you look at the next 4 months as 4 columns and then it groups any months beyond that into one 5th column. You should be able to set a specific time horizon (i.e. from today to 12 months out and see the stock level and orders needed for each of those next 12 months. As a result, we still have to use manual spreadsheets to plan our production and scheduling jobs.
    • jobboss2 upcharges for most new features or modules that you want to add. For example, they've built reports that would be incredibly useful for the majority of their customers, but they charge to add one simple report because it's considered a customization.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    Jobboss tends to have a very steep learning curve and isnt always useable for a lot of manufacturing staff. Buy-in to utilize the software was and continues to be a challenge as staff needs to track & input components so that info on Jobboss is up to date and reliable
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    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    It is extremely easy to learn and use E2 Shop System. It provides everything a manufacturing company might be looking for, starting from entering a new PO to shipping parts. Routers that get created from E2 Shop System also help track parts on the shop floor and is accessible from every where. E2 Shop System also now has an app, which is great when it comes to scanning router steps directly from your phone.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    Have had no issues with availability
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    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Have only had minimal issues with slow processing
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    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    The initial training leaves a little to be desired because it's done by people who know the generalities of the system. However, once you get into one-on-one trainings and tech support calls, they do a tremendous job in these aspects. They go above and beyond to make sure you get what you need.
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    In-Person Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    Our trainer was very knowledgeable and helpful.
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    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    The videos and live seminars were helpful but not all were as in-depth as needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    I assumed there would be more assistance from JobBoss for implementation of the software. I felt it was very independent on my part and I felt unsure a lot of the time
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    We really didn't compare too many other ERP systems. Unfortunately, I was not involved in the decision at the time it was made. We used to have E2 but we were kind of forced into upgrading because E2 would no longer do software updates. Very fluent transition from E2 to JobBOSS².
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ECI Software Solutions
    Ability to add individual data collection seats instead of purchasing in bundles
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • We have seen improved visibility of our jobs and on how we quote our products to our customers.
    • It is nice to be able to see what is running on each station, who is running it and what part of the process the job is currently at.
    • I also like the Data Collection module as I can see in real time what all the employees are currently doing.
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    ScreenShots

    JobBOSS² Screenshots

    Screenshot of the management interface for the daily demands of job shops and machine shopsScreenshot of analytics that provide real-time visibility into job profitability